Yangu Pontiac Collection

Paul Halter, makumi mashanu nemana, wekuNorth Arm paSunshine Coast, akawana zita rake remadunhurirwa kubva kumakore ekushandura mota dzeAmerica, kunyanya maPontiacs, kuti atyaire-kurudyi.

Anoti akadzoreredza, akashandura, akatengesa, uye aine mota mazana matanhatu mumakore apfuura, uye parizvino ane gumi nembiri mota kuseri kwemba yake neshedhi, pamwe nemapurojekiti akati wandei ekudzoreredza. “Ndave ndichiunganidza motokari kwoupenyu hwangu hwose,” anodaro. “Pandakaroorwa makore 600 apfuura, mudzimai wangu akandityisidzira kuti kana ndikawana dzimwe mota aizondisiya. Achiri pano.

Holter akawana motokari yake yokutanga paaiva nemakore 11. “Baba vangu vakatenga motokari yerudzi rweMk V Jag, vakatengesa matayi nebhatiri ndokundipa mamwe,” anodaro. "Ndakaitengesa ndikatenga '48 Ford Prefect ne$40."

Mota dzake dzemazuva ese dzinoti 2005 CVZ Monaro, 2007 Holden Rodeo uye 2008 Honda Civic, nepo mota dzake dzinounganidzwa dzinosanganisira 1976 Chrysler VK Valiant Hemi, 1968 Pontiac Firebird Convertible, 1959 Plymouth Suburban sports wagon, 1960 Vantuliant 1962, 1983 Pontiac Veliac XNUMX uye Chrysler VK Valiant Hemi. XNUMX Pontiac Trans Am mota yemujaho.

Akatenga Trans Am ye $2000 ndokuishandura kuita mota yemujaho, achibvisa 305 Chevy engine uye four-speed automatic transmission ndokuvatsiva ne5.7-litre Commodore III generation V8 engine, Tremec six-speed transmission, nekuwedzera GT. -R. Skyline rear suspension uye mabhureki. Inoti inoisa kunze kwe350 hp kumavhiri ekumashure.

Basa raainaro iye zvino nderePlymouth, raakatenga makore maviri apfuura ne$8500. Iine zvigaro zvipfumbamwe, kusanganisira mutsara wakatarisa kumashure. Anoisiya kuruboshwe asi achichinjanisa injini ye440 V8 yaakatenga online. “Handizivi kuti zvose izvi zvichadya marii,” anodaro. “Ndinoda kusaziva nekuti zvinogona kudhura.

"Zvinhu zvidiki zvese zvaunoda kutenga izvo zvinowedzera." Akashandisa mari inosvika zviuru makumi mana zvemadhora mumakore matanhatu apfuura pakudzorera kwerudo Ventura kwaakatenga nemadhora zviuru gumi nerimwe uye anoronga kushandisa mari inosvika zviuru gumi nerimwe zvemadhora "kana chimwe chinhu chakadaro" paS Series Valiant. “Ukazviita zvishoma nezvishoma, haunzwe kudhura zvakanyanya,” anodaro.

Anoronga kushongedza iyo Valiant 225 matanhatu-cylinder injini ine mafuta jekiseni uye turbocharging. "Simba rayo i145 hp. (108kW), asi ndinofunga kuti ndinogona kuisaidzira kusvika pakati pemazana matatu,” anodaro. "Ini ndinoita mabasa ese emuchina, asi mukati, pendi uye basa remuviri rinoitwa nenyanzvi."

Holter mutyairi wechitima akadzidziswa akatama kubva kuVictoria kuenda kuQueensland makore makumi maviri nerimwe apfuura ndokutanga bhizinesi rake rerudyi rekushandura dhiraivha. Aivewo nebhizimusi rekuunza kunze mavhiri mavhiri Nissan Laurel pillarless mana-gonhi sedans, asi akaona kuti mitemo yekutevedzera yaichinja kakawanda. Akatenga iyo Autobarn Franchise makore matanhatu apfuura uye imwezve gore rakatevera.

Bhizinesi rinofanira kunge richifamba zvakanaka nekuti Holter akakwanisa kugutsa kufarira kwake mota dzeAmerica nekuita nzendo dzakawanda kuenda kuUS kunotenga mota nekudzitumira kumba kuti dzigadziriswe zvakare uye dzigadziriswe.

Uye Holter anogara akatarisa kune yake inotevera chirongwa. Parizvino ari kufunga kutengesa Firebird yake yeGrand Prix uye agara aine nzvimbo yakapfava yeValiant Charger, kunyangwe achiiona ichidhura zvakanyanya mazuva ano, uye imwe ichisvika zviuru mazana matatu emadhora.